MY ETD IS MADE BY SIEMENS-- IT'S CALLED A HEARING AID

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Alan,

At 11:30 3/18/2006, you wrote:

>Your Q: "How do you hear the piano when you have plugs in your ears?"
>
>My A: Beats me (no pun intended), but it works amazingly. I use them 
>whenever I'm working on a bright (and/or busy, clangy, nasty) 
>treble, especially in a lively acoustic environment. I also use them 
>when ambient noise is a problem, i.e., yesterday while tuning 
>aurally in a small church--they had just varnished some woodwork so 
>they had all the ceiling fans on full throttle and all windows 
>opened. A giant machine was working about 200 ft away on a hillside, 
>stuffing cut trees and limbs (looked like up to about 8 inches in 
>diameter) into a giant chipper/shredder ... oog. In go the plugs. 
>The screeching, whirling, and wailing disappeared (both the 
>machine's and my own) and I was able to hear the gentle roll of 
>happily tempered fifths.
>


My A:

1st: Some Qs:  How do you see when you have dark glasses on?  Would 
you ask an airline pilot that question?
- Or... for our non-sighted friends: how do you know the road is 
bumpy if you are sitting on a padded seat in a vehicle with springs?

A: Quite well, thank you.  The dark lenses and springing lessen the 
sensations to comfortable (if not safe) levels.

Extraneous noises and bumps have been blocked or attenuated to below 
the level of the sounds you _want_ to hear/feel/see.






Conrad Hoffsommer
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